Mark Twain

More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his throat.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others.

The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.

Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.

When one has tasted it Watermelon he knows what the angels eat.

Why shouldn’t truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

You need to face the pain and the fear and walk through the Grief.

Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.

At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That’s wonderful, and I’m happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself?

If you wish to clear away the clouds of thought, simply keep your mind in the present.

You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.

I know that god is real. I have seen him smile through the sunlight as it dances across your skin and lays gently at your feet.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

Who is wise? He who learns from all men.

I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim…

The basically simple things are best, whether it’s automobiles or diets or philosophy.

If you harbor hatred, anger, and bitterness (towards her), then you are absolutely locked into a bond through those negative emotions.